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Hematoma After Tummy Tuck

asked 1 year ago by Girlsx3 in okc
Latest answer by Earl Stephenson Jr., MD, DDS
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My Dr Thinks I May Have a Hematoma After a Tummy Tuck, Can It Reabsorb? How is It Fixed?

4 answers to Hematoma After Tummy Tuck

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Bleeding after a Tummy Tuck

If you have a hematoma after your tummy tuck it is best addressed by removal.  It can be drained but it is best in my opinion surgically removed so that the source of bleeding can be identified.  If left untreated the hematoma will most likely get infected. Dr. ES
Earl Stephenson Jr., MD, DDS

Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
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A Blood Collection (Hematoma) after a Tummy Tuck

Regarding: "Hematoma After Tummy Tuck My Dr Thinks I May Have a Hematoma After a Tummy Tuck, Can It Reabsorb? How is It Fixed?" Hematoma is the Greek term for a collection of blood. You must have had some post-surgical bleeding. This is most commonly associated with coughing, straining or retching/vomiting which both raises our blood pressure and violently tenses the abdominal muscles. Your odds for this complication are much higher if you take any medications which... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Management of a hematoma

There may be different forms of a hematoma. One is an expanding hematoma that requires urgent surgical drainage. In most cases this requires opening the wound.  Small contained hematomas may resorb on their own but can cause areas of very firm tissue (fribrous). If they can be identified, hematomas may pass through differerent stages. At first they may form gelatinous clots than can only be evacuated with an open incision. In other cases of stable hematomas with no threat to... more
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Hematoma after tummy tuck--what to do?

Well, it sounds like you've already seen your plastic surgeon and been told you may have a hematoma. I'm assuming it's not a very large one, since you are home on the internet and not back in surgery for treatment.  So, if it's a small blood collection, it may indeed resolve on its own.  You'll just be bruised and swollen a bit longer in that area. If it's larger, though, it may require evacuation with a small surgical procedure--usually using your... more
Carmen Kavali, MD

Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

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